Need help responding to -hesitant parents? Science-based materials are available from these respected organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Action Coalition (IAC) Healthcare providers can find numerous resources on the AAP’s IAC’s Talking about web section provides healthcare profes- website to help with parents and caregivers who have questions sionals with top resources from trusted sources such as CDC, about vaccinating their child at www.aap.org/immunization/families/ AAP, IAC, VEC, and many more. Visit www.immunize.org/concerns. deciding.html, including: IAC has developed several patient handouts for vaccine-hesitant parents. • “Why immunize?” These include: www.aap.org/immunization/families/whyimmunize.html • “Clear Answers & Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots,” an excerpt from the popular book “Baby 411” by Dr. Ari Brown • “Are Vaccines Safe?” www.aap.org/immunization/families/safety.html www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2068.pdf • “Evaluating Web Information” • “Reliable Sources of Immunization Information: Where to go to www.aap.org/immunization/families/evaluatingwebinfo.html find answers!” www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4012.pdf • “Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions” • “Vaccines Work!” www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4037.pdf www.aap.org/immunization/families/faq.html • When parents cannot be convinced, consider using AAP’s Refusal Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University to Vaccinate form at www.aap.org/immunization/pediatricians/pdf/ The Institute for Vaccine Safety collects vaccine-specific safety in- RefusaltoVaccinate.pdf. formation. Of particular interest is its “Components of Vaccines” section, which contains tables specifying the contents of various California Immunization Coalition vaccines: www.vaccinesafety.edu/components.htm. The California Immunization Coalition (CIC) has developed several excellent provider pieces that discuss common questions many parents Vaccine Education Center (VEC) may have regarding vaccines for their children. These include Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia • “Responding to Parents’ Top 10 Concerns” • Tear sheets­—offered in tear-off pads of 50, intended for physicians http://immunizeca.org/documents/IMM-917_web.pdf to hand out to patients. Useful titles for hesitant parents include “Aluminum in Vaccines,” “The Facts About Childhood Vaccines,” • “Talking with Parents About Vaccine Safety” “Thimerosal,” “Too Many Vaccines?,” “,” and http://immunizeca.org/documents/IMM-915_web.pdf “Vaccines and Autism.” • “Alternate Vaccine Schedules: Helping Parents Separate Fact From • Videos—“Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fear” and “Vaccines Fear” http://immunizeca.org/documents/IMM-988.pdf and Your Baby” come in DVD format.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Materials can be viewed or printed at http://vaccine.chop.edu/resources. Tear-off pads and DVDs, as well as other VEC materials, can be ordered Among CDC’s many online immunization resources is the “Parent’s at nominal cost. Guide to Childhood Immunization,” a 64-page booklet that can be or- dered or printed at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/parents-guide. Other CDC materials, designed to help healthcare providers work with For parents with concerns about vaccines hesitant parents, include the following: and autism • “If you choose not to vaccinate your child, understand the risks and AAP has issued a statement that can be printed at www.aap.org/ responsibilities” advocacy/releases/autismparentfacts.htm. Parents may wish to www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/hcp/conv-materials.htm#understand investigate further at www.aap.org/healthtopics/Autism.cfm. IAC also recommends these books: • “Parents who question vaccines” • Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/parents.htm#question Search for a Cure, by Paul A. Offit, MD • “Common questions parents ask about infant ” • Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism, by Roy www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/infants/parent-questions.htm Richard Grinker, PhD • “Talking with parents about vaccines for infants” And, here are two well-researched handouts from IAC: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/hcp/conv-materials.htm#talkpvi • “MMR Vaccine Does Not Cause Autism: Examine the Evi- dence!” Every Child by Two (ECBT) www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4026.pdf Created by Every Child by Two, www.vaccinateyourbaby.org focuses • “Evidence shows vaccines unrelated to autism” on answering parents’ commonly asked questions about vaccines. It www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4028.pdf features video clips and links to current vaccine news stories.

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